| glutelin | (noun) a simple protein found in the seeds of cereals | - |
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| gluten | (noun) a protein substance that remains when starch is removed from cereal grains; gives cohesiveness to dough | - |
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| glutethimide | (noun) sedative (trade name Doriden) used to treat some sleep disorders | Synonyms: Doriden |
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| gluteus | (noun) any one of three large skeletal muscles that form the buttock and move the thigh | Synonyms: glute, gluteal muscle, gluteus muscle |
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| glutinosity | (noun) the property of having a viscosity like jelly | Synonyms: gelatinousness, glutinousness |
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| glutinousness | (noun) the property of having a viscosity like jelly | Synonyms: gelatinousness, glutinosity |
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| glutton | (noun) musteline mammal of northern Eurasia | Synonyms: Gulo gulo, wolverine |
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| (noun) a person who is devoted to eating and drinking to excess | Synonyms: gourmand, gourmandizer, trencherman |
| gluttony | (noun) eating to excess (personified as one of the deadly sins) | Synonyms: gula, overeating |
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| (noun) habitual eating to excess | - |
| glyburide | (noun) an oral antidiabetic drug (trade names DiaBeta and Micronase) that stimulates the release of insulin from the pancreas | Synonyms: DiaBeta, Micronase |
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| glyceraldehyde | (noun) a sweet crystalline aldehyde formed by the breakdown of sugars | Synonyms: glyceric aldehyde |
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| glyceride | (noun) an ester of glycerol and fatty acids that occurs naturally as fats and fatty oils | Synonyms: acylglycerol |
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| glycerin | (noun) a sweet syrupy trihydroxy alcohol obtained by saponification of fats and oils | Synonyms: glycerine, glycerol |
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| glycerine | (noun) a sweet syrupy trihydroxy alcohol obtained by saponification of fats and oils | Synonyms: glycerin, glycerol |
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| glycerite | (noun) a medicine made by mixing a substance in glycerin | Synonyms: glycerole |
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| glycerogel | (noun) a medicated skin preparation made from glycerin and glycerinated gelatin | Synonyms: glycerogelatin |
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| glycerogelatin | (noun) a medicated skin preparation made from glycerin and glycerinated gelatin | Synonyms: glycerogel |
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| glycerol | (noun) a sweet syrupy trihydroxy alcohol obtained by saponification of fats and oils | Synonyms: glycerin, glycerine |
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| glycerole | (noun) a medicine made by mixing a substance in glycerin | Synonyms: glycerite |
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| glyceryl | (noun) a trivalent radical derived from glycerol by removing the three hydroxyl radicals | - |
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| glycine | (noun) the simplest amino acid found in proteins and the principal amino acid in sugar cane | - |
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| glycogen | (noun) one form in which body fuel is stored; stored primarily in the liver and broken down into glucose when needed by the body | Synonyms: animal starch |
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| glycogenesis | (noun) the conversion of glucose to glycogen when the glucose in the blood exceeds the demand | - |
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| (noun) the formation in animals of glycogen from glucose | - |
| glycol | (noun) any of a class of alcohols having 2 hydroxyl groups in each molecule | Synonyms: dihydric alcohol, diol |
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| (noun) a sweet but poisonous syrupy liquid used as an antifreeze and solvent | Synonyms: ethanediol, ethylene glycol |
| glycolysis | (noun) a metabolic process that breaks down carbohydrates and sugars through a series of reactions to either pyruvic acid or lactic acid and releases energy for the body in the form of ATP | - |
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| glycoprotein | (noun) a conjugated protein having a carbohydrate component | - |
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| glycoside | (noun) a group of compounds derived from monosaccharides | - |
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| glycosuria | (noun) the presence of abnormally high levels of sugar in the urine | - |
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| glyoxaline | (noun) an organic base C3H4N2; a histamine inhibitor | Synonyms: imidazole, iminazole |
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| glyph | (noun) glyptic art in the form of a symbolic figure carved or incised in relief | - |
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| glyptics | (noun) the art of engraving on precious stones | Synonyms: lithoglyptics |
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| glyptography | (noun) carving or engraving (especially on stones) | - |
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| (noun) carvings or engravings (especially on precious stones) | Synonyms: glyptic art |
| gm | (noun) a metric unit of weight equal to one thousandth of a kilogram | Synonyms: g, gram, gramme |
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| gnarl | (noun) something twisted and tight and swollen | Synonyms: knot |
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| gnat | (noun) any of various small biting flies: midges; biting midges; black flies; sand flies | - |
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| (noun) (British usage) mosquito | - |
| gnatcatcher | (noun) very small North American and South American warblers | - |
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| gnathion | (noun) the most inferior point of the mandible in the midline | - |
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| gnathopod | (noun) One of a set of three paired appendages on the thorax of a decapod crustacean, located just posterior to the maxillae and used in feeding. | Synonyms: maxilliped |
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| gnathostome | (noun) a vertebrate animal possessing true jaws | - |
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| gnawer | (noun) relatively small placental mammals having a single pair of constantly growing incisor teeth specialized for gnawing | Synonyms: rodent |
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| gneiss | (noun) a laminated metamorphic rock similar to granite | - |
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| gnetum | (noun) small tropical tree with tiered branches and divaricate branchlets having broad glossy dark green leaves; exploited for its edible young leaves and seeds that provide a fine flour | Synonyms: Gnetum gnemon |
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| gnocchi | (noun) (Italian) a small dumpling made of potato or flour or semolina that is boiled or baked and is usually served with a sauce or with grated cheese | - |
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| gnome | (noun) a short pithy saying expressing a general truth | - |
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| (noun) a legendary creature resembling a tiny old man; lives in the depths of the earth and guards buried treasure | Synonyms: dwarf |
| gnomon | (noun) indicator provided by the stationary arm whose shadow indicates the time on the sundial | - |
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| gnosis | (noun) intuitive knowledge of spiritual truths; said to have been possessed by ancient Gnostics | - |
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| gnu | (noun) large African antelope having a head with horns like an ox and a long tufted tail | Synonyms: wildebeest |
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| go | (noun) a board game for two players who place counters on a grid; the object is to surround and so capture the opponent's counters | Synonyms: go game |
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| (noun) a usually brief attempt | Synonyms: crack, fling, offer, pass, whirl |
| (noun) street names for methylenedioxymethamphetamine | Synonyms: Adam, cristal, disco biscuit, ecstasy, hug drug, X, XTC |
| (noun) a time period for working (after which you will be relieved by someone else) | Synonyms: spell, tour, turn |
| goad | (noun) a pointed instrument that is used to prod into a state of motion | Synonyms: prod |
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| (noun) a verbalization that encourages you to attempt something | Synonyms: goading, prod, prodding, spur, spurring, urging |
| goading | (noun) a verbalization that encourages you to attempt something | Synonyms: goad, prod, prodding, spur, spurring, urging |
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| goal | (noun) a successful attempt at scoring | - |
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| (noun) game equipment consisting of the place toward which players of a game try to advance a ball or puck in order to score points | - |
| (noun) the state of affairs that a plan is intended to achieve and that (when achieved) terminates behavior intended to achieve it | Synonyms: end |
| (noun) the place designated as the end (as of a race or journey) | Synonyms: destination, finish |
| goalie | (noun) the defensive position on an ice hockey or soccer or lacrosse team who stands in front of the goal and tries to prevent opposing players from scoring | Synonyms: goalkeeper, goaltender, netkeeper |
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| (noun) the soccer or hockey player assigned to protect the goal | Synonyms: goalkeeper, goaltender, netkeeper, netminder |
| goalkeeper | (noun) the defensive position on an ice hockey or soccer or lacrosse team who stands in front of the goal and tries to prevent opposing players from scoring | Synonyms: goalie, goaltender, netkeeper |
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| (noun) the soccer or hockey player assigned to protect the goal | Synonyms: goalie, goaltender, netkeeper, netminder |
| goalmouth | (noun) (sports) the area immediately in front of the goal | - |
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| goalpost | (noun) one of a pair of posts (usually joined by a crossbar) that are set up as a goal at each end of a playing field | - |
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| goaltender | (noun) the defensive position on an ice hockey or soccer or lacrosse team who stands in front of the goal and tries to prevent opposing players from scoring | Synonyms: goalie, goalkeeper, netkeeper |
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| (noun) the soccer or hockey player assigned to protect the goal | Synonyms: goalie, goalkeeper, netkeeper, netminder |
| goat | (noun) any of numerous agile ruminants related to sheep but having a beard and straight horns | Synonyms: caprine animal |
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| (noun) a victim of ridicule or pranks | Synonyms: butt, laughingstock, stooge |
| goatee | (noun) a small chin beard trimmed to a point; named for its resemblance to a goat's beard | - |
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| goatfish | (noun) brightly colored tropical fishes with chin barbels | Synonyms: Mullus surmuletus, red mullet, surmullet |
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| goatherd | (noun) a person who tends a flock of goats | Synonyms: goat herder |
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| goatsbeard | (noun) weedy European annual with yellow flowers; naturalized in United States | Synonyms: meadow salsify, shepherd's clock, Tragopogon pratensis |
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| goatsfoot | (noun) short-stemmed South African plant with bluish flowers | Synonyms: goat's foot, Oxalis caprina |
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| goatskin | (noun) the hide of a goat | - |
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| goatsucker | (noun) mainly crepuscular or nocturnal nonpasserine birds with mottled greyish-brown plumage and large eyes; feed on insects | Synonyms: caprimulgid, nightjar |
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| gob | (noun) informal terms for the mouth | Synonyms: cakehole, hole, maw, trap, yap |
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| (noun) a lump of slimy stuff | - |
| (noun) a man who serves as a sailor | Synonyms: Jack-tar, Jack, mariner, old salt, sea dog, seafarer, seaman, tar |
| gobbet | (noun) a lump or chunk of raw meat | - |
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| gobble | (noun) the characteristic sound made by a turkey cock | - |
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| gobbledygook | (noun) incomprehensible or pompous jargon of specialists | - |
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| gobbler | (noun) male turkey | Synonyms: tom, tom turkey, turkey cock |
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| (noun) a hasty eater who swallows large mouthfuls | - |
| goblet | (noun) a drinking glass with a base and stem | - |
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| (noun) a bowl-shaped drinking vessel; especially the Eucharistic cup | Synonyms: chalice |
| goblin | (noun) (folklore) a small grotesque supernatural creature that makes trouble for human beings | Synonyms: hob, hobgoblin |
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| gobs | (noun) a large number or amount | Synonyms: dozens, heaps, lashings, loads, lots, oodles, piles, rafts, scads, scores, slews, stacks, tons, wads |
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| goby | (noun) small spiny-finned fish of coastal or brackish waters having a large head and elongated tapering body having the ventral fins modified as a sucker | Synonyms: gudgeon |
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| god | (noun) a material effigy that is worshipped | Synonyms: graven image, idol |
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| (noun) any supernatural being worshipped as controlling some part of the world or some aspect of life or who is the personification of a force | Synonyms: deity, divinity, immortal |
| (noun) a man of such superior qualities that he seems like a deity to other people | - |
| godchild | (noun) an infant who is sponsored by an adult (the godparent) at baptism | - |
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| goddaughter | (noun) a female godchild | - |
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| goddess | (noun) a female deity | - |
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| godfather | (noun) any man who serves as a sponsor for a child at baptism | - |
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| (noun) someone having a relation analogous to that of a male sponsor to his godchild | - |
| godlessness | (noun) impiety by virtue of not being a godly person | Synonyms: ungodliness |
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| godliness | (noun) piety by virtue of being a godly person | - |
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| godmother | (noun) any woman who serves as a sponsor for a child at baptism | - |
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| godown | (noun) (in India and Malaysia) a warehouse | - |
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| godparent | (noun) a person who sponsors someone (the godchild) at baptism | - |
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| godsend | (noun) a sudden happening that brings good fortune (as a sudden opportunity to make money) | Synonyms: bonanza, boom, bunce, gold rush, gravy, manna from heaven, windfall |
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| godson | (noun) a male godchild | - |
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| godwit | (noun) large wading bird that resembles a curlew; has a long slightly upturned bill | - |
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| goer | (noun) someone who leaves | Synonyms: departer, leaver |
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| goethite | (noun) a red or yellow or brown mineral; an oxide of iron that is a common constituent of rust | Synonyms: gothite |
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| gofer | (noun) an employee whose duties include running errands | - |
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| goffer | (noun) an ornamental frill made by pressing pleats | Synonyms: gauffer |
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| (noun) an iron used to press pleats and ridges | Synonyms: gauffer, gauffering iron, goffering iron |
| (noun) a zealously energetic person (especially a salesman) | Synonyms: gopher |
| goggles | (noun) (plural) tight-fitting spectacles worn to protect the eyes | - |
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| going | (noun) advancing toward a goal | Synonyms: sledding |
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| (noun) the act of departing | Synonyms: departure, going away, leaving |
| (noun) euphemistic expressions for death | Synonyms: departure, exit, expiration, loss, passing, release |
| goiter | (noun) abnormally enlarged thyroid gland; can result from underproduction or overproduction of hormone or from a deficiency of iodine in the diet | Synonyms: goitre, struma, thyromegaly |
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| goitre | (noun) abnormally enlarged thyroid gland; can result from underproduction or overproduction of hormone or from a deficiency of iodine in the diet | Synonyms: goiter, struma, thyromegaly |
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| goitrogen | (noun) any substance (such as thiouracil) that induces the formation of a goiter | - |
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| gold | (noun) a deep yellow color | Synonyms: amber |
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| (noun) something likened to the metal in brightness or preciousness or superiority etc. | - |
| (noun) coins made of gold | - |
| (noun) great wealth | - |
| (noun) a soft yellow malleable ductile (trivalent and univalent) metallic element; occurs mainly as nuggets in rocks and alluvial deposits; does not react with most chemicals but is attacked by chlorine and aqua regia | Synonyms: atomic number 79, Au |
| goldbeater | (noun) an artisan who beats gold into gold leaf | Synonyms: gold-beater |
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| goldbrick | (noun) anything that is supposed to be valuable but turns out to be worthless | - |
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| (noun) a brick-shaped block that looks like gold but is not | - |
| (noun) an idle worthless person | Synonyms: good-for-naught, good-for-nothing, goof-off, ne'er-do-well, no-account |
| (noun) a soldier who performs his duties without proper care or effort | - |
| goldbricking | (noun) the evasion of work or duty | Synonyms: goofing off, shirking, slacking, soldiering |
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| goldcrest | (noun) European kinglet with a black-bordered yellow crown patch | Synonyms: golden-crested kinglet, Regulus regulus |
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| goldcup | (noun) any of various plants of the genus Ranunculus | Synonyms: butter-flower, buttercup, butterflower, crowfoot, kingcup |
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